Southfields tube station

Southfields is an aboveground station London Underground in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 3 at the Wimbledon Park Road, in the middle of a quiet residential area. In the year 2011 there were 5.26 million passengers these from the District Line station. Approximately 1.2 km south-southwest is the site of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, venue of the Wimbledon tennis tournament.

On 3 June 1889, the opening of the station by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR ), the predecessor company of the District Line was. The same day opened railway line was, however, built by the London and South Western Railway (L & SWR ). Therefore, they leased the line to the MDR. The operation of electrical subways began on 27 August 1905. The Southern Railway (SR ), successor to the L & SWR, presented the railway one on 4 May 1941. Until 1 April 1994, the section remained in the possession of the state railway company British Rail and was then transferred to London Underground. Legally speaking today Because this section is a railroad that signals are maintained by the rail infrastructure company Network Rail.

Southfields is located on the planned railway Chelsea - Hackney, a connection through the center of London (also known as Crossrail 2 refers ). Should the route be built so south of Parsons Green Crossrail trains would supersede those of the District Line.